Anyone know anything about TV's

[UKSBD]

I might be moving back to my old cottage soon.

It has no phone line, no broadband, no aerial, a 20 year old Sky dish which I have no idea condition off.

Is it possible to watch a TV with that set up, and if so, how?

 

[MikeJ]

I know nothing about sky dishes, so can't help there. Does it get a decent Freeview signal? If so, can you rig an aerial up?

Can you get a 4G/5G signal there? If so, you should be ok to stream stuff. However (unless someone can put me right) that can be a pain if you want to channel hop. To go from ITV to BBC, you have to leave one app and open another.

Worst case - download stuff onto a device and watch that.

 

[UKSBD]

I know nothing about sky dishes, so can't help there. Does it get a decent Freeview signal? If so, can you rig an aerial up?

I've no idea how free Freeview works or what you need to make it work

Can you get a 4G/5G signal there? If so, you should be ok to stream stuff. However (unless someone can put me right) that can be a pain if you want to channel hop. To go from ITV to BBC, you have to leave one app and open another.

Signal can be a bit temperamental according to bloke who lived there before.

Someone told me I might be able to take an old sky box over, plug that in and get all the free channels that way (without needing a sky account). I'm going to try it next time I go over.

 

[UKSBD]

I've no idea how free Freeview works or what you need to make it work


Signal can be a bit temperamental according to bloke who lived there before.

Someone told me I might be able to take an old sky box over, plug that in and get all the free channels that way (without needing a sky account). I'm going to try it next time I go over.

It works!

25 year old Sky dish, that hasn't been used in 12 years.
12 year old sky box, that hasn't been used in 8 years
12 year old TV that hasn't been used in 8 years

Took a few minutes to find the channels, but all seems fine.

Got to get a TV Licence now though

 

[MikeJ]

What a result, lol

Freeview just works through an aerial. Depending on where you are, you'll get about 50 or 60 channels, all free (apart from the TV licence...)